Step 8: Cardboard Insert

Step 9: Mirror

Now verify that the mirror fits inside the lid of the box. Once you confirmed this smear E-6000 on the back of the mirror and press it into the lid. A...

My wife and I gave my Mom a glass sculpture for Christmas. When my Mom opened it my brother piped up with "RadBear (well he actually said my name) could build you a light box!". He said this because as someone who collects glass I've built a couple of light boxes to display my collection.

However, since I'm not a carpenter some of my light boxes aren't pretty and since this is for Mom it has to look good. So I decided to reuse a wooden box I picked up in a thrift store as the basis for the project. This way Mom won't feel obligated to keep a piece of crap in her very nice home.

It definitely works better in lower light conditions, but it still does give it a little more emphasis in full light than I was expecting. If you want it to be obvious it is illuminated even in full light you'd have to either use multiple LEDs or a different light source. Most light boxes I've built in the past I've used a brighter light the plus into a wall socket.

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